The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, with their own theme scores that evolve as time passes. The main event in the film is the Second World War, which throws the stories of the four musical families together and mixes their fates. Although all characters are fictional, many of them are loosely based on historical musical icons (Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Herbert von Karajan, Glenn Miller, Rudolf Nureyev, etc.) The Boléro dance sequence at the end brings all the threads together.
Directed by Claude Lelouch
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Cast

Robert Hossein
Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Nicole Garcia
Anne Meyer

Geraldine Chaplin
Suzan / Sara Glenn

Daniel Olbrychski
Karl Kremer

Jorge Donn
Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro
Rita Poelvoorde
Tatiana & Tania Itovitch

Macha Méril
Magda Kremer

Évelyne Bouix
Evelyne / Edith

Francis Huster
Francis

Raymond Pellegrin
M. Raymond

Paul Préboist
Le grand-père d'Edith

Jean-Claude Brialy
Le directeur du Lido

Marthe Villalonga
La grand-mère d'Edith

Fanny Ardant
Véronique
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